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this Sixth day of December
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1794
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the Twenty fifth day of NovemberLast in the Evening
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aforesaid two Paper bags of Tea. Weight forty two
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Pounds the Property of his Informant, by some Person
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or Persons unknown. And this Informant Saith that he
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verily believes that the two Paper Bags of Tea now
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saith That the bags of Tea now
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saith That on the Twenty Fifth
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day of November last he found the said Bags of Tea
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